Medical sociology books

3623 books were found.

Slum Health: From the Cell to the Street

Slum Health: From the Cell to the Street

Author: Jason Corburn ,  Lee Riley
ISBN: 9780520281073
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Urban slum dwellers - especially in emerging-economy countries - are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily...  Read More >>

Slum Health: From the Cell to the Street

Slum Health: From the Cell to the Street

Author: Jason Corburn ,  Lee Riley
ISBN: 9780520281066
Format: Hardback
$157.95

Urban slum dwellers - especially in emerging-economy countries - are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily...  Read More >>

Racial Prescriptions: Pharmaceuticals, Difference, and the Politics of Life

Racial Prescriptions: Pharmaceuticals, Difference, and...

Author: Jonathan Xavier Inda
ISBN: 9781138695696
Format: Paperback
$118.00

Racial Prescriptions explores the politics of dealing with health inequities through targeting pharmaceuticals at...  Read More >>

Holding on: African American Women Surviving HIV/AIDS

Holding on: African American Women Surviving HIV/AIDS...

Author: Alyson O'Daniel
ISBN: 9780803269613
Format: Paperback
$79.20

Anthropologist Alyson O’Daniel analyses the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable...  Read More >>

Health and Elite Sport: Is High Performance Sport a Healthy Pursuit?

Health and Elite Sport: Is High Performance Sport a...

Author: Joe Baker (York University, Canada) ,  Parissa Safai (York University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781138695276
Format: Paperback
$96.99

Health and Elite Sport is the first book to critically examine the relationship between participation in high performance...  Read More >>

A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health

A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health...

Author: Merrill Singer (University of Connecticut, USA)
ISBN: 9781118786994
Format: Hardback
$363.95

A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health presents a collection of readings that utilize a medical...  Read More >>

Health, Ethnicity and Diabetes: Racialised Constructions of 'Risky' South Asian Bodies

Health, Ethnicity and Diabetes: Racialised Constructions...

Author: Harshad Keval
ISBN: 9781137457028
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This book explores the often contentious relationship between health, concepts of race and ethnicity, and the impact...  Read More >>

The Social Construction of Disease: From Scrapie to Prion

The Social Construction of Disease: From Scrapie to...

Author: Kiheung Kim (POSTECH, Korea)
ISBN: 9781138982178
Format: Paperback
$96.99

A historical exploration of scientific disputes on the causation of so-called 'prion diseases', this fascinating...  Read More >>

Reproductive Health and Maternal Sacrifice: Women, Choice and Responsibility

Reproductive Health and Maternal Sacrifice: Women, Choice...

Author: Pam Lowe
ISBN: 9781349692378
Format: Paperback
$263.97

This book demonstrates that the symbol of maternal sacrifice is the notion that 'proper' women put the welfare of...  Read More >>

Social, Political and Cultural Dimensions of Health

Social, Political and Cultural Dimensions of Health...

Author: Kevin Dew ,  Anne Scott
ISBN: 9783319315065
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This book comprehensively explores social, political and cultural dimensions of health in contemporary society....  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Medical Anthropology

The Routledge Handbook of Medical Anthropology

Author: Lenore Manderson (Monash University, Australia) ,  Elizabeth Cartwright (Idaho State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138015630
Format: Hardback
$483.00

The Routledge Handbook of Medical Anthropology provides a contemporary overview of the key themes in medical anthropology....  Read More >>

Older Adults With Developmental Disabilities and Leisure: Issues, Policy, and Practice

Older Adults With Developmental Disabilities and Leisure:...

Author: Ted Tedrick
ISBN: 9781138977457
Format: Paperback
$105.00

If you work with older adults who are developmentally disabled and are seeking ways to incorporate exercise, arts...  Read More >>

Aboriginal Children, History and Health: Beyond Social Determinants

Aboriginal Children, History and Health: Beyond Social...

Author: John Boulton (Kimberley Health Service, Australia) ,  Gaynor Macdonald
ISBN: 9781138955240
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This volume traces the complex reasons behind the disturbing discrepancy between the health and well-being of children...  Read More >>

The Power of the Media in Health Communication

The Power of the Media in Health Communication

Author: Valentina Marinescu ,  Bianca Mitu
ISBN: 9781472471536
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World

The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World

Author: Michael Marmot
ISBN: 9781408857977
Format: Paperback
$22.99

'Splendid and necessary' - Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm, New Statesman  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality

Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality

Author: Jennifer Hargreaves (independent scholar, UK) ,  Eric Anderson (University of Winchester, UK)
ISBN: 9781138695047
Format: Paperback
$147.00

The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality brings together important new work from 68 leading international...  Read More >>

European Union Public Health Policy: Regional and global trends

European Union Public Health Policy: Regional and global...

Author: Scott Greer (University of Michigan, USA) ,  Paulette Kurzer (University of Arizona, USA)
ISBN: 9781138686113
Format: Paperback
$105.00

Ranging from influence over trade laws affecting health to population health issues such as obesity to using comparative...  Read More >>

Religion and Psychoanalysis in India: Critical Clinical Practice

Religion and Psychoanalysis in India: Critical Clinical...

Author: Sabah Siddiqui (Researcher, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester, UK.)
ISBN: 9781138942592
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Religion and Psychoanalysis in India questions the assumptions of an established scientific, evidence-based global...  Read More >>

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